ANNUAL FLOWERS 



and short, the tall ones 18 inches high, and make 

 thick bushes with the blossom in the tips of the 

 branches. They come in all shades of yellow and 

 red and bloom late in the summer. 



Centaur ea is also called "Corn Flower" or 

 "Bachelor's Button." This flower grows as tall 

 as Calliopsis (2 feet) and is also feathery in habit. 

 In fact these two are excellent to grow together, for 

 they come in pink, and blue and white. They bloom 

 in summer. 



Cosmos is one of the tallest of all, growing some- 

 times four feet high, making large bushes with 

 feathery leaves. The blossoms are white, light pink 

 and red, and they bloom in the fall. 



Dahlias grown from seed sown indoors will begin 

 to bloom about August and right along to frost. 

 They grow as tall as cosmos, and have all shades 

 of flowers, except blue, from white to dark red. 



Gaillardia is another tall fellow and bears red, 

 yellow and orange flowers which bloom all summer. 



Larkspur is one of the prettiest tall blue flowers 

 we have, though it also comes in pink and white; 

 it grows tall and straight like a church spire, about 

 18 inches high and blooms in summer. 



Salvia is sometimes called scarlet sage and is a 



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